Hello List, STS-100 is expected to get launched on April 19, 2001 between 18:36 and 18:46 UTC. Based on a nominal post-MECO elset of STS-101 I generated this TLE for STS-100. STS-100 1 99100U 01109.78569444 .62522813 16007-1 14227-3 0 36 2 99100 51.5833 23.7506 0185286 12.2346 45.2048 16.28268321 19 Note that this elset is only valid after MECO through OMS-2, thus between 10 and 50 minutes after launch. The Shuttle will fly over Europe during twilight, so, weather permitting, the space-shuttle Endeavour should be visible from Europe shortly after 19:00 UTC. This is an interesting pass because not only the Shuttle is visible, but also the external tank, which separated from the Shuttle some 10 minutes after launch. Gas venting could also be visible. You can read a report of such an event at my website at: http://www.astro.uu.nl/~bassa/astro/articles/20000211.html Let's hope the weather is on our side. Regards, Cees Bassa ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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